Synonyms for Beg the question:

• v.

  •deceive; stretch the truth (verb)
  • prevaricate.
  •equivocate (verb)
  • hedge,
  • lie,
  • elude,
  • quibble,
  • double-talk,
  • fence,
  • cop out,
  • run around,
  • cover up,
  • tell white lie,
  • hem and haw,
  • cop a plea,
  • jive,
  • pussyfoot,
  • sit on the fence,
  • dodge,
  • weasel,
  • give run around,
  • parry,
  • waffle,
  • mince words,
  • con,
  • palter,
  • fib,
  • escape,
  • shuffle,
  • pass the buck,
  • cloud the issue,
  • tergiverse,
  • flip-flop,
  • blow hot and cold,
  • cavil,
  • beat around the bush,
  • eschew,
  • tergiversate,
  • stonewall,
  • fudge,
  • sidestep,
  • falsify,
  • shuck.
  •evade (verb)
  • get around,
  • slip out,
  • beat around bush,
  • put off,
  • give the runaround,
  • pass up.
  •hem and haw (verb)
  • dance around,
  • hum and haw,
  • back and fill.
  •prevaricate (verb)
  • put on,
  • exaggerate,
  • garble,
  • misrepresent,
  • Misspeak,
  • fabricate,
  • phony up,
  • distort,
  • belie,
  • invent.

• Other synonyms:

  •equivocate
  • covering up,
  • covered up,
  • begging the question,
  • beating around the bush,
  • flipflop,
  • jives,
  • flip-flopping,
  • fibbing,
  • Parried,
  • covers up,
  • lied,
  • jiving,
  • sit on fence,
  • minced words,
  • jived.
  •prevaricate
  • misspeaks,
  • misspoken,
  • misspeaking.
  •Other relevant words:
  • nit-pick,
  • boggle,
  • choplogic,
  • pull away,
  • sheer off,
  • nitpick,
  • shrink,
  • around the bush,
  • shy away,
  • split hairs,
  • mystify,
  • bicker,
  • beat about,
  • swerve,
  • step aside,
  • pull back,
  • recoil,
  • obscure,
  • about the bush,
  • ward off,
  • pick nits,
  • beat about the bush,
  • beat around.

Antonyms for Beg the question:

• v.

  • equivocate
    face, meet, tell truth, be honest, release, speak on, confront, take on, encounter.
  • evade
    explain, divulge, expose, stay, let out, reveal, aid, open, remain, disclose, show, organize, help, lay bare, order, accept, uncover, clear up, tell, enlighten.